Rex Tillerson Buys $5.6 Million Kalorama Home

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recently bought a $5.6 million house in Kalorama, according to a source with knowledge of the sale. The transaction went through on February 10, according to property records, a little more than a week after Tillerson was confirmed by the Senate.

Tillerson, a former chief executive of ExxonMobil before being nominated by President Trump, bought the four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom Colonial Revival home on February 10 from former AOL executive Richard Hanlon and his wife, Pam. Mark McFadden of Washington Fine Properties represented the Hanlons in the sale. It had been reported in January that Tillerson was looking in Kalorama, which also counts among its newest residents former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama and Ivanka Trump and her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner.

Although Tillerson has kept a relatively low profile since taking over as the United States’ top diplomat, Kalorama neighbors have been crowing about the arrival of the tony enclave’s latest high-profile resident. Along with one former President and his family, the current President’s daughter and her family, and the new secretary of state, Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is another new buyer.

Benjamin Freed joined Washingtonian in August 2013 and covers politics, business, and media. He was previously the editor of DCist and has also written for Washington City Paper, the New York Times, the New Republic, Slate, and BuzzFeed. He lives in Adams Morgan.